Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Bloomfield Township consists generally of flat farmland with scattered copses of trees


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map_caption = Location of Bloomfield Township in Ohio


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map_caption1 = Municipalities and townships of Logan County

subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Logan

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area_total_km2 = 59.3
area_land_km2 = 59.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 22.9
area_land_sq_mi = 22.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 419
population_density_km2 = 7.1
population_density_sq_mi = 18.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 306
elevation_ft = 1004
latd = 40 |latm = 24 |lats = 38 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 58 |longs = 2 |longEW = W

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area_code = 937
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Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 419 people in the township, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County in population. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39091 Logan County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Stokes Township - north
*Washington Township - east
*Pleasant Township - south
*Salem Township, Shelby County - southwest
*Jackson Township, Shelby County - west

No municipalities are located within Bloomfield Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in Jackson and Trumbull Counties.

Bloomfield Township was formed in 1832 from Miami Township.fact|date=July 2007

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

In the elections of November 2007, Franklin Faulder defeated two other candidates in the election for the position of township trustee, [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township trustee results", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.] while Laura Magoto was elected without opposition in the election for the position of township fiscal officer. [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township fiscal officer", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.]

Transportation

State Route 274 passes through the northern part of Bloomfield Township.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)
* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/county_map_-_large.html Detailed Logan County map]